The Center for the Study of World Christian Revitalization Movements

  A Review of Stephan Holthaus, Heil, Heilung, Heiligung; Die Geschichte der deutschen Heiligungs- und Evangelizationsbewegung, 1874–1909) [Salvation, Healing, Sanctification–– The History of the German Holiness and Evangelization Movement (1874–1909)]. Giessen: Brunnen Verlag, 2005. 707 pp.       Many studies have explored the reach of the Wesleyan-based holiness movement in North America and the United Kingdom, but surprisingly the extensive influence of that movement in German-speaking regions has been neglected. Melvin Dieter in his classic study of the 19th-century holiness movement drew attention to the need for in-depth examination of the movement’s impact on German culture, but Anglo scholars have shown scant interest…